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  1. phrank

    Masking Person and retouch background

    Hi, I’m wondering a bit about the new masking functions. It's great to let the AI do the seleting and masking magic, but I wonder how to retouch a masked background. So far I couldn't find a tutorial, for my needs. I can blur and do colour edits to the background, but not retouch it. In my...
  2. phrank

    Lightroom Presets to Nikon’s Picture Control Utility 2

    Hi, does anybody know a way to get colour presets into Nikon’s Picture Control Utility 2 ? I know there's also this "Nikon Picture Control Editor" web site to edit profiles for my Nikon, but how to get Lightrooms presets on my cam? Greets Frank
  3. phrank

    Search for Headlines and Events

    Hi, I wonder how to search and display all used headlines. I use Headlines to describe Events. Okay these are implemented in LR (now), but not visable in all Digital Asset Management software. With the plug-in "Data Explorer" results are a bit cryptic and only shows me the "Headline Length". I...
  4. phrank

    Catalog on external SSD - Read/Write Speed Performance

    Hi, I’m thinking about to buy a SSD enclosure (40Gbps) with a 2-4TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSD (up to 3500MB/s) and connect it via Thunderbot / USB 4 to my MacBook Pro M1. My RAW images are stored all on a 18TB Harddisk. I guess it will be ca. the half speed of Apple's internal soldered SSD...
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    selected "collection" name to "job identifier" script or plug-in

    hi, I'm looking for a script or plug-in to copy and paste the selected collection name to all media inside’s "job identifier". i could do it manually, but with hundreds of collections I'm a little bit lazy… there is John Beardsworth plug-in "Search + Replace" , but it copies all collections...
  6. phrank

    Lightroom could not import this catalog because of an unknown error. / Your System Has Run Out of Application Memory.

    Hi, I'm still in my master catalog merging process, but regarding to my other post "Master Catalog Size Limit / Usability" here in the forum, it seems like a mission impossible to work with a 1 mio. picture catalog. I definetly can’t recommend it, because the process takes days to import...
  7. phrank

    lrtemplate to XMP Meta Data Converter - Lightroom Classic > Bridge

    Hi I have posted this already in Adobe's Forum, but not sure if I will get some good input. More active here. Does anybody knows a software, plugin, script or action to convert meta data (IPTC / Geo data) presets from Lightroom Classic (.lrtemplate) to meta data presets for Bridge/Photoshop...
  8. phrank

    Import Photos Catalog takes forever

    Hi, I’m still at my mega project. I'm merging all my converted Media Pro, Aperure and Lightroom catalogs in one master Lightroom catalog. Unfortunately, counting now 1.100.000 photos, it takes forever to import them. The general import goes quite fast (Importing Photos, Updating Imported...
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    Smart Collection / Library Filter for Headline

    I wonder a bit why iI can't search only for Headlines. Usually I use this IPTC field for the event name. Okay I can search "Any Seachable Text", but this gets me also keywords and captions. Is there a way to search only for a "Headline"? Also the "Library Filter" doesn't show me any "Headline"...
  10. phrank

    Search & Replace in Filename (on Disk)

    Hi, is there an easy way to "Search & Replace" parts in the filname? Usually I do all the file naming outside of any DAM software, but this time unfortunately I’ve forgotten it. I have imported and reanmed a bunch of iPhone pictures all with name: the date in front and the original name at the...
  11. phrank

    Address Lookup stucks / not working proprely in Lightroom Classic 12

    I wonder why the Address Lookup doesn't work properely. I have activeted it in the catalog setting, but even after restart nothing changes. If I check this hidden process bar, no numbers no info, what's going on. I have set some smart searches for missing sub location / city, but these change...
  12. phrank

    Batch Relocate by EXIF Date

    Hi is it somehow possible to to batch relocate missing photos by EXIF date? Maybe with a script… I have renamed the imported photos outside of LR in another DAM software. Unfortunately the photos aren’t consistently named, otherwise i would rename them outside and change it back after.
  13. phrank

    Master Catalog Size Limit / Usability

    Hi, does anybody have experience of mega master catalogs / libraries for Digital Asset Management. So far I have used Media Pro for this, but it's old and discontinued for actual MacOS. All my Lightroom catalogs are split by year, but for a book project it's necessary to have an overview of...
  14. phrank

    Capture Day of Week - Smart Collection

    Hi everybody, I do some spring cleaning of my LR databases. Does anybody know if it's possible in LR to search for e.g. all mondays, tuesdays, wednedays etc. I have a recurring jobs e.g. every Monday night and want o search for all. In Apple's Aperture I was able to make a smart filter...
  15. phrank

    metadata to hashtags

    hi, i times of social media it’s more and more important to annotate images. in terms of social media to use hashtags. i’m searching for a plugin / script / app to convert automatically IPTC data like metadata like keywords, sublocation, description, headline to hashtags on export. does...
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